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27" 2560x1440 monitor upgrade time GFX question

easyrider

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Will my GTX 970 hadle this res ok? If I treat myself to a new monitor?

SLI is a non starter...

cheers

I want to buy a new monitor today:)
 
Personally I'd suggest waiting, from Jan through May there are multiple new freesync screens coming, even if freesync is irrelevant to you it will increase the number of models on offer which will improve pricing a lot. If you wanted a 144hz screen currently the Swift panel's pricing is obscene, with even one competing panel the price would almost certainly have to drop by a hefty amount, expect it to be £500 or less. Other competing panels without the Asus mark up will hopefully hit sub £400 pricing. There will almost certainly be new non 144hz panels as well, basically if we get 2-3 60hz and 2-3 144hz pricing of 1440p screens will be significantly improved.

In terms of performance, you can't say it can or can't meet 1440p, it is one of MANY performance targets. Do you want 1440p with 4xmsaa, or 1440p without, do you want 60fps or 120fps. Good enough performance is different to every person. 120hz+ screens wipe the floor, for gaming, with 60hz screens. They have dramatically less motion blur, if you can maintain higher frame rates it will also significantly decrease tearing and other issues.

I'd personally, if you don't have a 120hz screen and can't afford or wait for an affordable 1440p/27" 144hz screen, I'd move to a 1080p 144hz screen rather than a 60hz 1440p screen.

Personally I've been waiting on a 144hz/27"/1440p screen for ages, will buy frankly the best value one available in the next few months.
 
I've been rocking 1440p 60hz for over 2 years now, and have no trouble gaming on it with a 970. If you are susectible to motion blur, or have experienced higher refresh monitors, then I agree, don't get one now, they are old tech, but the flipside is that they are cheaper.

I'm holding out for 120hz+, 1440p+ VA monitors to arrive (if it ever even happens).
 
Cheers for the replies

Current Monitor is this

Dell ST2410 24” Full HD Widescreen Monitor
DISPLAY
Panel Size:
24"
Aspect Ratio
Widescreen (16:9)
Panel Type:
TN – Twisted Nematic
Optimal Resolution:
1920 x 1080 at 60Hz
Contrast Ratio:
Dynamic Contrast Ratio 50000:1 (max)
Brightness:
250 cd/m2 (typical)
Response Time:
5ms
Viewing Angle
(160 vertical / 160 horizontal)
Color Support:
16.7 million colors
Pixel Pitch:
0.277 mm
Display Type
Anti-glare
Device Type
Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

I will also use it for video eting and PS so Is there a middleground monitor thats good for games and other stuff?
 
In general TN is improving one model to the next in terms of colour accuracy. Moving to my Samsung TN(700d) the colour is hugely, hugely better than my previous BenQ Tn panel. They aren't perfect but they certainly aren't bad. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of decent TN monitors aren't an improvement on what you have colour accuracy wise.

it depends though, how big/important is the editing/PS work you do, professional work or just playing around. In games colour accuracy isn't that important, you don't really know which shade of green a leaf was supposed to be so as long as it looks good the colour isn't too important, for video/photo work that isn't really true though how important perfect colours are still somewhat boils down to where the images get used.

My general history of monitors is that NEC/Ilyama make some epic screens, Samsung are pretty good and everyone loves an Eizo though I've never had one as they are usually upper price range/professional models. Unfortunately NEC have moved away from gaming screens when they used to make just epic screens compared to everyone else.

There is an Eizo 240hz 24" model, but it's not an increase in res, it is a VA panel and is supposed to be excellent afaik both for gaming and in terms of colour accuracy. It's not as fast as the fastest TN screens, but it brings a VA panel into pretty damn good for gaming performance range.

The whole one monitor to suit them all thing is difficult. For me I think TN/144hz/27"/1440p is the best combination, now really just waiting for prices to become non insane because £700 for the Asus screen is bat **** crazy. You can get 144hz 27" panels for £220 but 1080p, and you can get 60hz 1440p 27" for £250, (both about a £50 increase from respective 24" versions), but combine them and it's £700.... **** you Asus, seriously.
 
I own the SWIFT and a 780. I prefer constant high frames and need to run low settings in BF4 without MSAA to get constant 135. I would recommend 2 X 970's for constant high frames if you want more detail.
 
drunkenmaster said:
The whole one monitor to suit them all thing is difficult. For me I think TN/144hz/27"/1440p is the best combination, now really just waiting for prices to become non insane because £700 for the Asus screen is bat **** crazy. You can get 144hz 27" panels for £220 but 1080p, and you can get 60hz 1440p 27" for £250, (both about a £50 increase from respective 24" versions), but combine them and it's £700.... **** you Asus, seriously.
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I just want an upgrade from my current monitor...I do fancy 1440p

So I guess its

1440 27" 60hz or
1080p 27" 144hz

so unsure lol
 
970 will be fine if you don't mind dropping a few settings on the more demanding games, I have to do this in Crysis 3 for example with a GTX 980. By the time a 970 / 980 would actually struggle with new games @ 1440P, GPU's will be properly targeting 4K so 1440P should be feasible on a single card within a couple more gens. 970 until then is a great choice imho.
 
Its worth noting that GSYNC is excellent at smoothing out frame variations which may make higher settings more viable.
 
The rub of that is g-sync prices. 144hz 27" 1080p non g-sync screens, £220-250. G-sync versions, £450... joke.

It really is why I'd hang on for a month, the new freesync supporting screens should have multiple 27" inch screens in likely 60/144hz flavours at different price points. It will give g-sync screens almost no choice but to drop price pretty significantly and add more general competition. It should decrease the costs of pretty much all screens.
 
drunkenmaster said:
The rub of that is g-sync prices. 144hz 27" 1080p non g-sync screens, £220-250. G-sync versions, £450... joke.

It really is why I'd hang on for a month, the new freesync supporting screens should have multiple 27" inch screens in likely 60/144hz flavours at different price points. It will give g-sync screens almost no choice but to drop price pretty significantly and add more general competition. It should decrease the costs of pretty much all screens.
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You're right about the prices once free sync comes out - but AMD are very late to the party. I've been enjoying 144hz 2560x1440 GSYNC goodness for months now. The experience has to be seen to be believed.
 
Think I may wait...I have waited this long and after a 6hr sesh on Borderlands 2 yesterday my 24" dell is still OK for gaming...Got my sensible head on....I'll get Christmas out the way, wait for freesync to hit and see if I can bag a bargain...

reckon this is a good plan?
 
Been very happy with my GTX 780 at 2560x1440 so yes your 970 will cope pretty well. Setting still need tuning and playing with to get optimal results and smooth gameplay but on the whole it works very well.
 
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